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Monday, January 30, 2006

Whence statesmanship?

Simon Cameron (R.-Pa.)(pictured here - really) was, for a time, President Lincoln"s Secretary of War and then represented Pennsylvania in the Senate from 1867 until 1877. He is famous for noting that "[a]n honest politician is one who, when he is bought, will stay bought."

3 comments:

You're assuming Adelman's money bought the contract, and there is nothing but innuendo to suggest that. The indicted worker seems to have a pattern of fudging numbers to get lower bids on contracts to save the taxpayers money ($30,000 in the travel contract, for example). It is coincidence that this time the low bid came from a Doyle campaign contributor.

If it were quid pro quo, shouldn't it be Adelman demanding the refund?

What if we found out that she had fudged numbers to get a lower bid, and the low bidder had turned out to be a contributor to John Gard?

An indictment is probably a bit more then innuendo. It may turn out it can't be proven but it definitely alleges that Thompson was more than an overzealous public servant who just happened to benefit a campaign contributor in her

An indictment is more than innuendo. It may turn out it can't be proven but it definitely alleges that Thompson was more than an overzealous public servant who just happened to benefit a campaign contributor in her relentless fudging to save the taxpayers money.

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